Saint Mary's beacon., 1887-05-12

Almost every woman has. at som.
time in her life, wished for two pair,
ct hands. because there were so many
things she wanted to do ct once. Few
take the thought to reSize that these
things could be classified as the must.
be-dones and the wish-to-be-dones,
but they can be so classified. The
first we do anyway (or ought toy. and
| think they are not unusually those
We worry over. except as they stand
in the way of our accomplishing the
wish-to-be-dones. There is a possible
way of lessening our voluntary, or in.
voluntary, fretting about this matter,
and that is what shall try to write
about.
First of all, work as Systematically
and as economically in regard to time
as you can. That goes almost with.
out saying; and the ability to do it
comes as a reward for long. patient
practice towards this end.
The second direction is even less
easy. and requires longer experience
than the first, before its following is
an accomplished fact. Constantly use
your best judgment to discriminate
between the things that can wait and
those that cannot. Attend to the first
at the proper time. and say to the
others: Take your turn"
In my home / have two broad win
dow sills devoted to different ends.
On one is my work basket, and good
piece of remaining space on which l
pile my mending and making. These
are must be-dones. On the other |
put reading matter to be read or mailed
away, autumn leaves to be pinned to
ny curtains, odds and suds TO be put
together in an express package to
some friend or school, scrap-book to
be pasted full of the bits now lying in
the box put on it, the bundle of old
cotton to 90 to the hospital, the mag
azine to be carried to my friend, and
all the other extra" that are in my
thoughts and intentions. There is
such thing as an orderly disorder,
and my window sill is an example of
it. 1t is never wholly cleaned; but
one by one its contents receive my at
tention, without worry, with thought,
without neglect, with unavoidable de-
lay, without procrastination, and yet
with wait until another day"
If l fret, my window sill loses its
charm and pleasure. If I do not,
come to it again and yet again, slip
off one little waiting thing and then
another, with the thought, This is
your turn, and how much good you
will do when you get to where am
sending you"
Perhaps this plan would be danger
Gus for some. 1t does take a good
deal of Conscientious management ot
time. 1t is not easy to keep things
from lying there too long, and yet
long enough not to interfere with the
must-be-dones. But then, is there
any department of our work or pleas.
ure into which conscientiousness must
not come if We would grow and b.
good? And there is deal of salts.
faction in coming around to these lit.
tie extras and thinking. Il have earned
the right to do this and enjoy il"
Visiting comes somewhat under this
head; so does fancy work; so does so.
cial letter writing. and the different
things that are pleasures TO different
people. The must.be-dones of some
persons lives are the wish dones
Of others, and rice rersa. No definits
lists of things under either head car
be made.
The gist of the whole matter and il
individual value lies in conscien.
tious discrimination. cheerful waiting
prompt attendance to each item wher
the opportunity does come, and the
putting aside of impatient fretfulness
mot easy, but worth while. Every.
thing that adds to our value to 9th
ers, that increases our ability to do
that expands our thought in manage.
ment, that helps our lives to reacl
out and touch other lives, in a help.
( full way. and that puts good work int
the world. is always worth while
Jlssiata Stafford IN Good Honsekesp
rls.